Las Vegas Invitational, February 9th through February 12th

The Brown Rugby 7s team will travel to Las Vegas next week to play in the Las Vegas Invitational, February 9th through February 12th. After pool play, there will be playoffs based on each team’s results. All of the matches are at Sam Boyd Stadium in East Las Vegas.

Dates and times of Brown’s pool matches:

Thursday, February 9 Matches

10:00am Brown vs. Stoneybrook University
  1:00pm Brown vs UCLA

Friday, February 10 Matches

10:20am Brown vs. Longwood University

by Tim Kelly, Cornell Faded Red’s Vice President of Men’s Club Affairs

Earlier this month, Tim Kelly, Cornell Faded Red’s Vice President of Men’s Club Affairs conducted an in-depth interview with Ron Schassburger, the new head coach of the CURFC. Ron’s rugby roots date back to 1960, and in this interview we learn of his tremendous love for the game, the pursuit of rugby perfection and the future trajectory of Cornell men’s rugby.

The annual Hayes Award recognizes the most positive experience between referees and teams

On January 22, 2012, the New England Referee Society (NERRS) awarded Dartmouth Women's Rugby the Hayes Award. Dartmouth was selected from a list of approximately 250 New England area teams.

Give through the Brown Sports Foundation

1. Online — make an online gift with a credit card. You can give to the Men’s Rugby Annual by choosing our team on the drop-down or you can give to the 50th Anniversary of Rugby Endowment Campaign by choosing that account from the Special Funds/Projects drop-down under the Brown Sports Foundation: https://gifts.development.brown.edu/Brown/

2. By Phone — you can call the Sports Foundation at (401) 863-1900 and make a credit card gift over the phone.

Dot Mittow led Princeton to a third place finish in the USA Rugby College Sevens Championships

BOULDER, Colo. – USA Rugby national team selectors have named the USA Rugby Men’s and Women’s College Sevens National Championship All-Tournament team. Dot Mittow of Princeton University selected.

National U19 All-Star Tournament Nov 18th-20th -- Fort Lauderdale, FL

Five U19 All-star players representing three Ivy League schools including Harvard, Cornell and Brown have been selected to represent the Northeast Rugby Union Under-19 (NRU U19) squad. This year represents the last year that the Ivy schools will be competing in the Northeast. In 2012, the Ivy Rugby Conference anticipates that all 8 women's Ivy League School rugby teams will compete in conference play.

Dartmouth Wins Ivy Sevens - Full scoring posted

Dartmouth defeated Harvard in the final match of the Ivy 7s Championships 41-14. The event was being hosted by The Boston Irish Wolfhounds and Harvard Rugby at the Irish Culture Center.